Police Close Children's Lemonade Stand

Police Close Children’s Lemonade Stand By Elton Camp In Midway, Georgia the cops got it right this time They put a quick stop in the early stages of crime And it wasn’t some robber who had got out of hand They shut down children running a lemonade stand Instead of the girls asking for money as a handout, To make some of their own they earnestly set about It was to the water park that the children wanted to go So they went to work to help their parents make it so They didn’t get a peddler’s permit at $50 per day So the cops closed in on criminals that do that way No doubt the citizens of Midway are extremely proud That such dangerous lawbreakers in town aren’t allowed The cops may claim that it was their sworn duty to act And that the government its pound of flesh must extract But this seems another example of authority gone wild When it can’t even make a sensible exception for a child Closing a child’s lemonade stand isn’t an isolated event It makes me wonder where judgment & good sense went Dangerous meth labs are in operation all over the place To be hassling young children making money is a disgrace